Jose Mourinho is pleading with his Manchester United bosses to make a £100m offer for Gareth Bale.

Monaco are chasing AC Milan striker Carlos Bacca as they face up to the realisation that Kylian Mbappe could quit the club and join rivals PSG.

Burnley have made a shock £10m bid for Stoke defender Ryan Shawcross.

Jack Colback could be on his way out of Newcastle with Rafa Benitez pondering leaving the 27-year-old out of his Premier League squad.

Joel Ward is set to leave Crystal Palace after rejecting a new four-year deal.

Santos are looking to sign veteran striker Robinho from Atletico Mineiro this summer using the money they made from Neymar’s transfer to PSG.

Chelsea are ready to increase their offer to Arsenal for England international Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to £35m.

Barcelona are set to sign Colombia international defender Yerry Mina from Palmeiras for a fee of £8.1m.

Kenedy is set to become Newcastle’s next signing, a fortnight after he was sent home from Chelsea’s tour of China for his posts on social media. He will join Rafa Benitez’s men on a season-long loan.

Arsenal fear Alexis Sanchez will again push for a move away from the Emirates before the end of August.

Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho still wants to sign two more players before the transfer window closes, with another bid for Inter Milan’s Ivan Perisic on the cards. He also wants to sign another defender, preferably a left-back.

West Ham are preparing a £25m bid for Sporting Lisbon midfielder William Carvalho, previously linked with Arsenal and Manchester City.

Tottenham are closing in on the signing of Southampton goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga.

Watford have abandoned plans to sign left-back Kieran Gibbs after being put off by Arsenal’s £16m valuation.

Turkish side Antalyaspor are plotting a bid for Manchester City forward Samir Nasri, who looks set to leave the club before the end of August.

Chelsea boss Antonio Conte has ordered the club’s board to sign Barcelona midfielder Sergi Roberto as he looks to increase his squad’s depth.

Conte could also secure the signature of defensive target Joao Cancelo as early as Thursday with a deal to bring the Valencia right-back to London reportedly ‘close’.

Tottenham face mounting competition from Chelsea for Ross Barkley, but do not want to pay more than £25m for the Everton and England midfielder.

Football is being urged to analyse the dangers of brain injuries by the same doctor – Bennet Omalu – who uncovered the health scandal in American Football which led to the award-winning movie Concussion.

Arsenal fear that Alexis Sanchez could escalate his attempts to leave this month with Manchester City pursuing the striker.

Crystal Palace defender Papa Souare has returned to full training 11 months after he was seriously injured in a car crash.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic is keen to rejoin Manchester United this season.

Hearts intend to start interviewing managerial candidates within the next 48 hours – but ex-England boss Steve McClaren will not be first up.